The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is set to govern the sport at Milan Cortina 2026, making it the first time it will do so at the Winter Paralympic Games.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has claimed that the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games will give the country the chance to positively present itself on the global stage.

The women's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games has been moved to the Fiera Milano Rho instead of the PalaSharp as the latter's renovation is at a standstill.

A total of 79 medal events are set to be contested at the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo following the confirmation of the sporting programme which features wheelchair curling mixed doubles for the first time.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committees face a potential crisis as skyrocketing costs are predicted for the ice hockey venues.

Virtus, the International Sports Federation for athletes with an intellectual impairment, has renewed its efforts to get Nordic skiing on the programme for the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Giorgio Armani has signed an agreement with the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation which will see EA7, the line started in 2004 as a sports version of Emporio Armani, providing outfits for all home athletes and officials at the next Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Media rights holders (MRHs) who gathered in Italy to attend the inaugural Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) World Broadcaster Briefing for 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were told by the Organising Committee President Giovanni Malagò: "You will turn our competition into great stories."

A colourful flag exchange event between Milan Cortina 2026 and Paris 2024 took place at the Palazzo Reale in Milan.  

The Japanese Olympic Committee and the City of Sapporo have decided to pause their efforts to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games as a result of "damage done" by the Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal.

The Beijing Marathon is not traditionally one of the sport’s leading international events attracting the top runners from around the world.

President of the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) Luca Pancalli has called on the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to leave a "social legacy" in Italy. 

Several conservation groups have expressed renewed concern about the impact that the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will have on the environment and have requested greater communication from the Organising Committee and Government.

China’s triple Paralympic gold medallist Yang Hongqiong has been honoured in a special ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Three-times Paralympic medallist Amy Purdy of United States has announced her retirement from the sport after an outstanding 13-year professional career.